I realize this was an ancient post, but I think you may have misspoken here and I know you don’t like it when that happens. You wrote:
But in this post, you said that Kinney acquired National Publications first, and Warner Bros. - Seven Arts after that, which aligns with what I’ve always understood (and underlies my occasional comment that DC actually bought Warner Bros., not the other way around ). So, which is correct: did WB own DC before they were bought by Kinney, or did Kinney own DC first and then buy WB?
It actually never occurred to me that Lindsay Harrison had enough in common with Power Girl (including color scheme) to qualify her as Smallville’s own.
That’s such an interesting collection of surprisingly deep cuts! I suppose it just goes to show how much stuff is out there these days!
As I’ve implied, the exact dates on acquisitions in this era are… intentionally hazy. But for that later post, I went and specifically looked up the paperwork for the date of acquisition.
Brian’s a great guy! I’m happy to say we’ve become friends through our columns, and we occasionally consult with each other on Twitter. (I actually shared this interesting @Numbuh1Nerd question about unadapted DC characters and my response with him earlier today!)
Hey HCQ, so, in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Jason Todd had died sometime before the main story. In Batman: A Death in the Family, Jason’s death came true. My question is, are these Jason’s first two deaths? Thanks!
Yep, those are the first couple times we see a dead Jason – unless, that is, you count Detective Comics #571, where Batman reveals that Jason’s death was what his mind conjured as his greatest fear after getting gassed by The Scarecrow. (That was after TDKR, but before DITF.)
Hello @HubCityQuestion,
I’m watching Superman The Animated Series, in the show he wear a spacesuit, in Justice League he doesn’t wear a spacesuit. Superman 4 he doesn’t wear spacesuit, does Superman really need a spacesuit? Thankyou.
I’ve got a question I’ve been wondering about for a while-has Mogo ever used constructsin combat ? It’s possible he has, and I am just totally forgetting, but I feel like all I’ve seen him use is just pure energy attacks. I do remember him creating constructs to help other Lanterns (like with recreating Kilowog’s family). I was just wondering, especially since it seems like he would have some very interesting ones, since he’s a planet after all. Thanks!
Looking at the DCUI presentation piece for the new Conjuring series, got me thinking about The Sandman coming to Netflix. And that has renewed my interest in those characters. Which in turn, got me thinking about “bad boy” John Constantine and The Endless.
I have to admit, I’ve not followed much of Constantine’s long and varied solo career in the pages of his Hellblazer series. His first, racking up an impressive 300 issue run! And those stories I’ve read, are on a par with the best of Fleisher and Ostrander’s Spectre. But have any of Neil Gaiman’s Endless cast (Death for instance) ever appeared with him? Even if just off camera, in an observer capacity?
Probably not, but who knows what the future holds for the Endless, after Sandman airs? Both curious and hopeful, as to what your answer may be. And, before I forget, are you ever coming back to your Have We Met thread? It’s been a while, and we kinda miss ya over there.
Actually, the third issue of Gaiman’s The Sandman is centered on this very encounter! The Sandman#3 takes place after Dream of The Endless had been in captivity for 70 years, and is attempting to regain his artifacts of power. In order to reacquire the first of these, his pouch of sand, he enlists Constantine’s aid.
Later issues of the series, when set in the 18th and 19th centuries, introduce the character of Lady Johanna Constantine, ancestor to John, who also encounters Dream on a few occasions.
There were quite a number of stories where Superman adopted children in the Pre-Crisis era. The first was in 1949’s Superman #57, where he takes in a kid named Tommy.
As for biological children, Lois dreams of having a child with Superman while in a coma, in 1957’s Showcase #9. Then, in 1959’s Superman #131, Lois is shown a vision of the future where Superman raises a set of twins, one boy and one girl, with a woman implied but never confirmed to be Lois herself.
Superman’s power levels are dependant on who’s editing him at the time. The animated series gave him a space suit if he was gonna be in space for a while, but he didn’t need it if it was only a few minutes. I think post Crisis, as long as he took a deep breath, he could go for a couple hours without needing to breathe. He was once supercharged at the end of 93 so he didn’t need to breath until a fight with Parasite put him back to regular levels. I’m sure Question can correct me.
). So, which is correct: did WB own DC before they were bought by Kinney, or did Kinney own DC first and then buy WB?
